More chances to bag a salmon this summer, but clamming on Clatsop County beaches comes to a close for the season.

New report comes as Washington is in drought, the already-low snowpack is quickly melting and once-rare toxic algae blooms ...

On the lower Columbia River from Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 32 salmonid boats and 171 Washington bank rods were tallied on July 5.

The sockeye return to the Columbia River in 2024 was a surprise, and bested the forecast of 401,700 adults with an actual return of 761,682 fish. In 2025, the forecast is for 350,200 fish. That is ...

BONNEVILLE DAM, Columbia River, Wash. — There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest’s mightiest river by the millions.

Briefs: Columbia River salmon fishing reopens May 18, 2023 Updated Fri., May 26, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. This fall chinook salmon was caught by trolling a Superbait in the Columbia River on Sept. 8, 2014.

There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest's mightiest river by the millions. Shad, not salmon, are thriving in the warm ...